Books A Review of “Purity and Danger” by Mary Douglas 21 Dec 2015 I do not usually read anthropological studies on the concept of pollution among cultures and particularly world religions. Comparative religious studies can be interesting, but such a focused topic is…
Books A Review of “Gospel Conversations” by Robert Kellemen 14 Dec 2015 I often tell my students that the best Biblical Counselors are those who have received good Biblical counseling. Dr. Robert Kellemen believes the same thing. "We learn to become competent…
Books A Review of “The End of Our Exploring” by Matthew Lee Anderson 7 Dec 2015 What does it meant to ask good questions? In part it means to listen for answers. It has become exceedingly popular in recent years to celebrate doubt. There is, of…
Books A Review of “Help My Unbelief” by Barnabas Piper 30 Nov 2015 Doubt is a normal, if still troubling, part of the Christian life. I counsel people on a regular basis for whom doubt is a regular struggle, and it has been…
Books A Review of “Gay…Such Were Some of Us” ed. by David Longacre 23 Nov 2015 Our modern culture has granted a certain kind of power to personal biography. Whether we are reading about a child who “visited heaven,” or allowing a journalist to communicate their…
Books A Review of “The Original Jesus” by Daniel Darling 16 Nov 201516 Nov 2015 The temptation to conform Jesus to our own ideals is both real and subtle. It happens to all of us at various times and in various ways as we emphasize…
Books A Review of “Luther on the Christian Life” by Carl Trueman 9 Nov 2015 Martin Luther, the great German reformer, has become something of a caricature of modern Evangelical interests. What most of us know of Luther represents this idea more closely than it…
Books A Review of “1-3 John” by Douglas Sean O’Donnell 2 Nov 2015 The best devotional literature combines solid exegesis of the text with insightful application. Both are necessary for a quality work; which explains why there is so little quality devotional literature.…
Books A Review of “Fool’s Talk” by Os Guinness 26 Oct 2015 Os Guinness wants to take the task of apologetics back from the angry and the academic. For far too long the discipline has been associated solely with winning debates and…
Books A Review of “Out of the Blues” by Wayne Mack 19 Oct 2015 Depression is a common and often debilitating problem for millions of people. How should we think about depression, how should we think about its relationship to our faith, and how…
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